Aunt Willie's Wildflowers

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What a delight it is for us to grow specialty cut flowers on beautiful Tennessee farm land gently handed down through six generations.

We invite you to choose flowers for that very special wedding, join a workshop or two or contact us about purchasing flowers for a very special occasion. All flowers are farm grown. Some are heirloom and some are just plain pretty. Our hope is that through Aunt Willie’s Wildflowers, the love of all things wild that grow and blossom will pass beyond our family to any who would choose to share in all that God graciously bestows.

01/16/2025

It’s beautiful on the farm this time of year but it gets just a bit lonely in the winter sooo . . . we’re ready for our first gathering of 2025! Come join us and celebrate winter’s quiet beauty as we play with flowers and foliages that have been dried till they’re soft and muted and just perfect after all the bright holiday has been packed away. Create a wreath and wall hanging that will last long past the flowers of spring and summer to come. We have lots of wonderful and wild material stored up at Aunt Willie’s ready and waiting for folks to come and play.

Aunt Willie’s house is warm and toasty and just perfect for our Celebrate Winter Workshop. Last year we had so much fun we just had to host again this year.

No experience necessary as I will demonstrate a wreath and simple wall hanging from start to finish and we’ll have folks to help you along your way if needed.

We are so ready to have folks back with us on the farm so come join us if you’re interested and able. Check the link https://www.auntwillieswildflowers.com/product/winter-dried-workshop/ for all the details.

01/08/2025

Surprise snows are the best!

We are hunkered down planning our 2025 season. Perfect day for it ❄️😊

12/24/2024

Whether your Christmas is upright or falling over we hope it has some merry and at least a tiny bit of bright . . . but most of all we wish you peace . . . deep down peace that lasts all through the day and into the dark reaches of the night.

There are things to celebrate and things to look forward to and then, like my years ago fallen down tree, things to laugh about and put behind us. Life is thankfully full of new beginnings.

Happy Christmas, dear friends 💕

12/15/2024

Sunday smoky mountain skies. Just enough clouds and peeking-out sun for another sweet Appalachian sunrise.

After Thursday evening’s workshop my mind was already a year ahead. Started playing with leftover greenery in a low container with a candle added. Nandina berries in the place of Winterberry added just enough red. And it seems a turkey feather is now our holiday trademark 🪶

Resting now . . . it’s been a busy time . . . Sunday school class just left and workshops and farm store are over but somehow winter weariness takes less of a toll it seems to me.

Do you like one pic better than the other? I couldn’t decide.

12/14/2024

It was so good to be back at Aunt Willie‘s for our first-in-a-very-long-time Christmas Centerpiece Workshop. Had so much fun with these lovely ladies who created beautiful arrangements and shared just a bit of who they are and where they came from as the evening progressed. We had folks returning and folks arriving for the very first time, already-friends and folks-becoming-friends, and everyone ready to spend some time together away from the usual busy-ness of the holidays.

Thank you for taking time to be with us at the farm and we hope our paths will cross again in the new year. A few more pics in stories but Aunt Willie’s is a tiny little house where photos are a bit more difficult.

This was our last official Christmas gathering of the season so many thanks to each of you who took a bit of our farm home with you for the holidays 🎄 We appreciate your making the effort to come out of your way and out of your very full lives to visit our little piece of wildness 💕

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ❄️

12/10/2024

A few new pieces down at the farm store open today 10 till 5 PM. Stop in anytime at 399 Bruce Rd., 37617 and take home just a little bit of happy holiday!

And just one spot left in our Christmas centerspiece workshop at Aunt Willie’s this Thursday evening 6 to 8 PM . All the Deets are in the link https://www.auntwillieswildflowers.com/product/holiday-centerpiece-thurs-dec-12th-6-8-pm/ and would love to have you join us 🎄

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12/08/2024

I can’t help myself. Still putting things together 🎄

Thanks to each and everyone of you who came out to support our Christmas farm store yesterday. We had time to visit and catch up with old friends and meet new friends as well. We are humbled by your support of our little farm. Since we’ll be working Monday and Tuesday we’re going to leave the Farm store open from 9 to 5 on a self-serve basis. We have a few things left and we’ll restock a few things as well. We’ll leave directions for payment on the table inside and will be around if you need to text us for help. We take Venmo and checks as payment and will leave instructions.

Come visit tomorrow or Tuesday if you’re in our neck of the woods and would like a pretty little thing or two!

12/05/2024

Another light dusting of snow and another busy day of playing with all things Christmas! The Farm Store will be open this Saturday from 2-4 pm at 399 Bruce Doan, 37617 and we would love for you to visit.

We’re enjoying playing with so many different varieties of greenery and so many shiny finishing touches. Dried orange slices, Winterberry Holly, Feathers, ribbon, and bells just add the right amount of sparkle. So many fresh arrangements in different styles and sizes we think there’s something for everyone.

Roy has been busy making charcuterie boards and smaller pieces which make perfect gifts for that someone who is just a bit hard to buy. All his pieces are made from wood harvested from the farm which we think makes some pretty special.

So join us if you can and share a bit of Christmas cheer.

Also, one spot left in our centerpiece workshop next Thursday 🎄

12/01/2024

Christmas Farm Store, Sat, Dec. 7th, 2-4 PM at the Homeplace, 399 Bruce Doan Rd., 37617.

This week we’ll be gathering up Pinecones, cedar, spruce,hemlock, winterberry holly, pine, and all things natural in arrangements, wreathes, wall hangings, smudge sticks, and more. Candles, ribbon, and even turkey feathers will add the finishing touches.

Our farm kids will offer ornaments, Christmas teas, notecards and woodburning, along with Roy’s charcuterie boards and smaller wooden pieces.

And if you’d rather create your own Christmas magic, we will have tiny cedar trees, dried flowers, buckets of cedar, and buckets of mixed greenery available.

There will be carols of course and perhaps a bit of Christmas cheer so please stop in if just to say hello and Merry Christmas.

Hope to see you Saturday afternoon! 🎄

11/30/2024

When all you have is pansies 💜

11/27/2024

Holiday Centerpiece Workshop - Dec.12, 6-8 pm

We are so excited to host a Workshop at Aunt Willie’s! Her sweet little brick bungalow is just right for gathering and we we haven’t done a Christmas workshop in years so we just decided it’s time! We have the loveliest assortment of greenery and berries that we have foraged from the farm and from friends which gives this workshop a special sense of community. Pinecones, turkey feathers, orange and apple slices and things that jingle will also be present and add the nicest touches. There will be cookies and a splash of mulled cider to fuel us through the evening and maybe a candy cane or two.

We will arrange in this green pedestal vase that I’ve been saving for almost a year as it seems the perfect match for the holidays. I made this piece yesterday and thought it looked pretty in front of the last little bit of fall in the mountains.

Space is limited but the good news is – there’s heat! Join us if you can for this special holiday gathering. Follow the link https://www.auntwillieswildflowers.com/product/holiday-centerpiece-thurs-dec-12th-6-8-pm/

And hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving!! Pumpkins are ready to roll here!!!! 🧡

11/24/2024

From the couch. If only the whole world felt this peaceful 🧡

11/22/2024

The most wonderful snow overnight just painted the world for a few sparkling hours this morning.

We played with Christmas pieces yesterday so I gathered them from the Homeplace and brought them up to this snowy perch for a few pics.

We made these as examples of some of the things that you’ll find at the Christmas Farm Store Saturday, December 7th. I’ll be sharing more along the way but we thought these would give you a glimpse of what we have in store.

11/19/2024

Sunrise was prettier than the cell phone could capture. But Love that the sun can find a new way to wake us up every morning 😔💕

11/18/2024

Just some pretty fall leaves and a few wild things from the field in memory of a kind Christ-filled woman . . . who took her children to church and also took them camping and who spent summer evenings at Euclid Beach on the shores of Lake Erie. Who invited our Sunday school class for Christmas brunch, who took food to those who needed it, and sent cards because cards remind us that someone cares.

There are some folk who come into our lives who travel with goodness by their side and spend their whole lives sharing that goodness . . . Sue Wise was just such a lady. We will miss her in so many heartfelt ways but thankful she taught her children and grandchildren well so pieces of her goodness will live on through them and others she was able to touch 💕💔

11/12/2024

A call for volunteers! We’d love to have your help cleaning up, cutting back, weeding, digging, composting and whatnot in our dahlia beds this Saturday. We promise it will be no fun whatsoever but, well, everything‘s a little better when you’re with good company . . . and there will be pizza and a dahlia tuber at the end of the morning so at least that’s good 😉

Growing dahlias can be overwhelming. There’s so much work that no one sees that happens right now. This mild weather makes all clean up a little more pleasant and the high Saturday is 61°

We’ll start at 9 AM but if you can get here by 10 AM that’s fine too. We’ll end with pizza at noon. Just send me a DM or comment if you’re interested and I’ll share more details. If you have a shovel and gloves, we ask that you bring those along, but other than that , we’ll supply all the dirt, weeds, and work.

Party on 🎉

11/10/2024

A few flowers hanging on to greet the morning light.

If you’re heading to a place of worship today, may you find love and peace and acceptance. God is so much bigger than we realize.

11/08/2024

As long as there are seeds . . . there is hope.

The beauty of tomorrow lies in the seeds of today. What seeds are you planting?

(Sunday’s workshop is sold out! There will be cookies - just saying)

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385 Bruce Doan Road
Blountville, TN
37617

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My favorite day of the year every single year! Another beautiful day and another pumpkin roll in the books. Keller was the first to roll and his made it down the two bumpy drop offs, through the bottom, and up the other side. No one caught him - but poor old Kelly was a close second 😂 I’ll post more in stories and you can see Keller’s winning roll there Hope you all had a lovely day, and if you’ve started this tradition, please let me know. Our goal is to have the whole world rolling pumpkins 🧡 #AnnualPumpkinRoll #PumpkinRoll #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #AllYouNeedIsAHill

June Design Workshop, 6/27, 9-11 a.m. Join us this Thursday and create summer in a vase! This reel is last year‘s workshop to the day. It was so lovely and so many beautiful arrangements that we are repeating it this year with the same flowers blooming and a few new additions. We will be creating in a hurricane vase, which makes designing a bit easier especially with these flowers. No experience necessary, we just ask that you come ready to learn and ready to play. All the details are in the link. Join us if you can. We’re trying a morning to beat a bout of the heat. And bring an extra container as there will be plenty of flowers to send you home with extras for more practice 😎 #FlowerWorkshoppeople, #FloralDesign #FloralWorkshop #SummerFlowers #AllThingsSummer #FarmerFlorist #FlowerFarmer #UnderTheFloralSpell #ComePlayAtOurFarm.

Playing Floret Fold ‘Em! Seeds on sale Tues.,Feb 6th, high noon EST. Buy at Floret Flower Farm

Pretty darn excited over so here slide on through and see what we mean!! 26 packets of Floret original seeds arrived at our door this week!!! Original as in there is nothing else out there even close to these - and the only place you can get them is Floret Flower Farm beginning February 6th. Our farm team actually met today to do crop planning, workshop scheduling, what-fun-things-can-we-add kinda thinking and needless to say high summer at our farm will be full of Floret Originals and all the fun that will go along with them. Erin comes up with something new, works long and hard at it (6 years actually), shares it with us, and the flower world is kicked up a whole new level. So thank you Erin for taking us places we never imagined we could go! 💕 #Floret #FloretFlowers #FloretOriginals #Zinnias #Celosia #cockscomb #DahliaSeeds #February6